This 2-credit online course addresses the thinking, purpose, skill set and mind set of a Food Services Specialist. Teachers and students alike will be delighted to realize that handling, cooking, arranging, and serving food involves both skill and creativity. This course is not only interesting, it is delicious!
UMass Global University Course Code: EDRU 9957
Course Description
This course covers the following main topics related to a career path:
Restaurant and food services includes many kinds of work settings. Students should understand early that this field is much wider than one kitchen or one job title. It includes:
- Restaurants
- Cafés
- Hotels
- Catering companies
- Bakeries
- Food trucks
- School cafeterias
- Hospital food services
- Event venues
- Quick-service and takeaway businesses
Each setting has its own pace and rhythm, but all of them depend on the same core values: quality, safety, teamwork, timing, creativity and service.
Number of Professional Development Credits / Salary Points
Teachers throughout the U.S. can earn 2 professional development credits by completing this online course or 2 graduate level credits (awarded through University of Massachusetts Global, formerly known as Brandman University).
Target Audience
This course is designed for all types of 6 through 12th grade teachers, including: early childhood education teachers, elementary school teachers, middle school teachers, high school teachers, special education teachers, staff, and administrators.
Additional Information/Questions
Here’s additional information about the Becoming a Food Specialist online professional development course:
- This course is 100% online – the coursework and interaction.
- You’ll have six months to complete all of your coursework from the date that you purchase this online course. If you’re enrolled in three or more 2-credit online courses simultaneously, upon request, you’ll be allowed one year to complete the course.
- Once you’ve successfully completed the Becoming a Food Services Specialist course, you’ll earn 2 Professional Development Graduate credits.
If you have any questions about this course, please email help@education4equity.com.
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Resource
Resource: This online professional development class has been approved by UMass (University of Massachusettes).
